Semenre
| Semenre | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Smenre, Semenenre | ||||||||||||||||||
![Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079[1]](/File:Axehead_Semenenre_by_Khruner.jpg) Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||
Ruler of Upper Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ca. 1600 BC or 1580 BC | |||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Nebiriau II | |||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Bebiankh | |||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 16th Dynasty or 17th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Semenre, also Smenre[1] or Semenenre,[3] is a poorly attested Theban pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt who succeeded the equally obscure Nebiriau II.[3][4] He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC (Kim Ryholt)[4] or ca. 1580 BC (Detlef Franke) and belonged to the 16th Dynasty (Ryholt)[4] or the 17th Dynasty[1] (Franke).
For this ruler only the
Petrie Museum, London (UC30079). He is possibly also listed on the Turin Canon (11.7).[1]
Semenre was succeeded by
Djehuti.[5]
References
- Ryholt, Kim (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press.
- ISBN 3422008322.